Stand for watches



W. E. BECK.

STAND FOR WATCHES. APPLICATION man MAR- 10. 1920.

Patented May 18, 1920.

,WILLIAM E. BECK, Cfsfi BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

strewn non warenns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1920.

Application filed March 10, 1920. Serial No. 364,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Eannsr BECK, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at 73 Linden road, Bournville,

Birmingham, in the county of lVarwiclg- England, have invented a certainnew and useful Improved Stand for Watches; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention comprises a new or improved stand or clip for watches andhas for its object to provide an extremely simple and cheap stand whichwill effectively support a watch as say in a bedroom or on a table or ina shop, the invention being particularly useful for supporting luminouswatches by the bedside, or for exhibiting watches on shelves or forprojecting watches from the edge of a shelf as in shop windows.

According to this invention the support has a pair of spring armsadapted to embrace the pendant of the watch, and a strut member disposedbetween thespring arms and adapted to bear upon the pendant of the watchin such manner that only a limited movement is permitted between thewatch and stand.

The stand may also incorporate a spring clip for attachment to the edgeof a shelf.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one form ofthe device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device in use.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Fig. 4: is a plan view of another form of the device.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the form shown in Fig. 4:.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the device is shown asarranged for supporting a watch upon a table; the stand 1 is pressedfrom sheet metal and may be conveniently of a more or less triangularform, i. 6., two feet 2, 2 at the base and an upstanding portion whichis provided with long slots 3, 3 dividing the upper part into two springarms 4-. 4 adapted to embrace the pendant with a strut portion 5 betweenthem. The extremities of the two parts are rounded and the slots 3 arenarrow the ends but widen so that the arms 4i may be sprung around thependant, which is firmly held when it is located in the wide portion atthe end of the slots.

The strut 5 may conveniently be formed integral with the stand and thespring arms 1 as shown. Alternatively the strut 5 may be stamped fromanother part of the stand and bent to bring it into the requiredposition. As shown the strut 5 is slightly shorter than the spring armsat and it is shaped to fit against the back of the pendant and ispreferably bent so as to lie in a plane slightly above that of thespring arms l.

The upper ends of the spring limbs 4 are bent over toward the front ofthe pendant while the strut 5 forms an abutment at the back thereof at ahigher level in. such manner as to limit the angular movement betweenthe stand and watch so as to prevent them falling over.

The bottom of the watch and the two legs of the stand thus togetherconstitute a threepoint suspension.

The invention is also applicable for displaying watches on shelves orfrom the edges of shelves in shops, in which latter case the stand maybe formed integral with, or secured to, a spring clip portion adapted toengage with the edge of a shelf whereby watches may be projectedforwardly from the edge of a shelf in a safe and secure manner and atsuch an angle as to most effectively display the face of the watch. Thisclip may also carry a price card or the like.

A device of this kind is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 wherein a single pieceof sheet material, preferably spring steel, is cut and bent as shown toprovide a clip 6 adapted to grip firmly on to the edge of a shelf or thelike. The metal of which the clip is formed is out along lines 7, 8, 9and 10 forming between those lines a pair of spring arms 11, 11 and astrut 12. These spring arms 11 and strut 12 operate between them tosupport a watch. The device is shown in use in Fig. 5 with the pendantof the watch gripped between the spring arms 1.1 and supported by thestrut 12 which, in this construction, is at a lower level than thespring arms 11.

The metal of which the clip is made may also be cut as shown at 13 andthe severed tongue of metal 14: may be bent as shown. The tongue 14 maybe further out as shown at 15 to provide a spring clip for holding aprice or announcement card as 16.

It will be understood that in this construction any one or more of thetongues of metal forming the spring arms or the strut may be madeseparately and secured to the A watch support provided with a pair ofspaced arms shaped in their opposing sides to fit opposite sides of awatch pendant, and with a'strut between said arms and of less lengththan said arms and arranged to hear, at its outer end, against one sideof the pendant.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 7 in presence of twowitnesses;

WILLIAM E. BECK.

Witnesses:

G. V. SYMns, G. M. Cox,

